3 John 1:1-9

1 ¹The elder to the beloved Gaius, ²whom I love in truth.

2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

3 For ³I rejoiced greatly when the brothers^[a] came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that ⁴my children are walking in the truth.

5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for ⁵these brothers, ⁶strangers as they are,

6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner ⁷worthy of God.

7 For they have gone out for the sake of ⁸the name, ⁹accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

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1. 2 John 1
2. 1 John 3:18; 2 John 1
3. 2 John 4
4. [1 Corinthians 4:14, 15; Galatians 4:19; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4; Philemon 10]
5. [Galatians 6:10; Hebrews 13:1]
6. See Matthew 25:35
7. 1 Thessalonians 2:12; [Colossians 1:10]
8. See Acts 5:41
9. 1 Corinthians 9:12, 15

[a]. Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated "brothers") refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church; also verses 5, 10

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